Current practice in measuring usability: Challenges to usability studies and research

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-102

  Hornbæk, Kasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Usability; Usability Engineering; User centered design

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (COMPUTER); STANDARDIZATION; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

USABILITY; USER-CENTERED DESIGN;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 28044434200     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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